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England back ICC plans to scrap five-day Tests in 2023 in bid to ease workload on players

The change has long been debated by cricket pundits and fans but traditionalists have so far been able to resist calls for modernisation. But there is an ever-increasing workload on players.




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JOFRA ARCHER: South Africa know those deliveries to Anrich Nortje were not beamers

JOFRA ARCHER: Much was made about the two full tosses I bowled in consecutive balls at Anrich Nortje on the second evening, and they certainly weren't beamers.




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Performance director Mo Bobat wants England Lions to discover winning feeling ahead of Ashes series 

Mo Bobat says winning is more important than the strength of the teams defeated when England Lions begin their tour of Australia next week.




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Dodgy 'phoenix' companies are facing a massive crackdown targeting directors

Companies rising out of the ashes to avoid paying tax, wages and other debts will face a crackdown when regulators get increased powers.




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Amazon documentary captures Australian reaction to Steve Smith getting hit in the head

A new documentary on the Australian cricket team has captured the moment when the worst was feared for Steve Smith after he was struck by a Jofra Archer bouncer in last year's Ashes series.




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Backpacker killer Ivan Milat's nephew makes outrageous claim that notorious murderer was a VICTIM

Alistair Shipsey said his uncle Ivan Milat is a 'victim' and initially suggested his ashes be scattered in Belanglo State Forest, near Sydney, where the hitchhikers he murdered were found.




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Truro chairman Jack Richards left despondent after promotion dream is ended by coronavirus pandemic

EXCLUSIVE BY MATT BARLOW: The chairman of Truro City is not easily fazed. He has won the Ashes Down Under and faced the West Indies pacemen at Perth.




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The best since Bradman! Marnus Labuschagne loves the stat that has him only second to the Don

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: When Marnus Labuschagne walked out to bat through the Lord's pavilion on the final afternoon of the second Ashes Test last August, he attracted strange looks.




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Ben Stokes relives his Headingley heroics as Sky provide ball by ball replay of dramatic Ashes Test 

Ben Stokes is glued to the aftermath of his miracle at Headingley on television and, revealingly, finds his thoughts immediately turning to the opposition. 'I remember watching this in The Test,' says Stokes.




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NASSER HUSSIAN: Watching miracle of Headingley all over again was the highlight of my Easter weekend

NASSER HUSSAIN: You have to think outside the box at times like this and Sky had the idea of trying to emulate Gogglebox with their look at the last day at Headingley.




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HOT OR NOT: Graeme Souness' endless attacks on Paul Pogba have grown tiresome

It's Hot or Not time again as Sportsmail's Daniel Matthews reveals what's been making him feel warm and what's been leaving him cold this week.  




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Mollie King is bowled over by the best as she joins cricketer boyfriend Stuart Broad for a game

The singer turned radio presenter, 32, was positively bowled over as she joined her sportsman beau, 33, and pet pooch Alfie for another game of garden cricket on Thursday afternoon.




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Ben Stokes hails England's Aussie nemesis Steve Smith as on a 'different level'

Stokes was due to be playing with Smith this month for the Rajasthan Royals but the IPL has been postponed indefinitely because of the coronavirus pandemic.




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Coronavirus UK: England batsman Jason Roy admits to feeling like a 'pawn in the sporting world'

England's white-ball opening batsman says he has been going 'stir crazy' during the coronavirus lockdown, hitting a tennis ball against a wall as he attempts to stay in some kind of touch.




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Direct cremations take over traditional send-offs amid coronavirus crisis

Dan Garrett, 30, of London, who founded Farewell, a UK will writing and death specialist, told FEMAIL direct cremations are 'here to stay' and will surpass traditions dating back 'hundreds of years'.




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Kim Kardashian looks VERY different in her new KKW Beauty ad as followers ask 'Is that you?

The beauty, 38, was hardly recognizable with more even features and a thinner nose. Her 145M Instagram followers noticed right away as they asked 'Is that you?' and 'What happened?'




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Kim Kardashian trades her raven locks for short brown hair to promote new makeup line

Instead of sporting her signature long, raven tresses, the 38-year-old reality superstar and makeup mogul had her hair styled into a short chocolate brown coif with caramel-colored highlights.




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Jameela Jamil attacks Caroline Flack over new plastic surgery show

Jameela Jamil has laid into Caroline Flack's controversial new show, The Surjury, before it has even aired, causing a war of words to erupt on Twitter on Friday.




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Piers Morgan slams Dan Walker on Twitter for Meghan Markle interview

The Good Morning Britain star has been a vociferous critic of the royal couple ever since they complained about their treatment by the media on an ITV documentary that aired on Sunday.




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Love Island viewer Chrissy Teigen asks for British slang translations

Chrissy Teigen, 33, has been having a tough time understanding the phrases used by the contestants on the hit British reality show Love Island




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William Shatner has Twitter row with Millennial over 'boomers'

One Twitter user aimed the youthful jibe 'OK Boomer' at Shatner (pictured in France) yesterday but the Hollywood veteran fired back: 'Sweetheart, that's a compliment for me.'




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Pet owners on Twitter compete over who has 'world's WORST cat'

The online exchange started when Washington Post data reporter Christopher Ingraham shared his own feline troubles.




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Trump blames ex-Ukraine ambassador for Somalian civil war

President Trump blasted former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch in a series of tweets an hour into her Capitol Hill testimony.




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Martin Kemp voted for I'm A Celeb star son Ronan to do trials

And while the Capital DJ, 26, knows he was voted to participate by the public, he was no doubt unaware that his famous father Martin, 58, would be ringing in




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Caroline Flack LIKES tweet likening Love Island to an orgy

The TV presenter, 40, announced her departure from the series earlier on Tuesday after her arrest for assault last week when she became locked in an argument with her boyfriend Lewis Burton,




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Celebrities get involved in JK Rowling's transgender Twitter row 

A London tribunal upheld the dismissal of Maya Forstater (pictured). Duncan Bannatyne and Sharon Davies MBE revealed their support for her - but others voiced their opposition.




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John 'Boycie' Challis sends festive Twitter message to Ice-T

The actor, 77, took to Twitter to post a festive snap of himself in front of a Xmas tree decorated with Elvis Presley baubles, which he tagged the legendary rapper, real name Tracy Marrow, 61.




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Trump says Iran 'never won a war' in Tweet after missile strike

Donald Trump on Friday said he did not order the death of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani to start a war but to 'stop a war.'




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BBC TV and radio presenter Stephen Clements dies aged 47

The popular BBC Radio Ulster host uploaded the images (pictured) on Twitter alongside a love heart and a praying emoji, a day before it emerged he had passed away aged 47.




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Twitter removes video of Prince Harry chat with Disney CEO

The Duke of Sussex collared the company's CEO Bob Iger and advertised his ex-actress partner's 'interest' in doing the roles during a Lion King premiere in July.




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BBC DJ Liz Kershaw sparks row over 'period poverty' campaign

The DJ, 61, tweeted her frustrations at the campaign, which gives teenagers free tampons, saying her mother used to use 'old rags' and still went on to go to university and become a headteacher.




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Evan Rachel Wood receives backlash for tweeting Kobe Bryant 'was a rapist' hours after his death

Evan Rachel Wood and a Washington Post journalist received massive backlash on Sunday. The actress branded Kobe Bryant a rapist just hours after his helicopter crash death in a California.




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Washington Post reporters revolt over decision to suspend colleague over Kobe Bryant tweet

Washington Post Newspaper Guild members defended Felicia Sonmez, saying the reporter needs protection for tweeting about rape allegations once made against Kobe Bryant.




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China coronavirus: social media fake news and conspiracy theories

Fact-checkers have identifies multiple false posts and the Silicon Valley tech firms are battling to stop such claims from spreading to avoid mass hysteria




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Washington Post reporter is reinstated after her suspension over Kobe Bryant 'rape case' tweet

Felicia Sonmez (left) tweeted about Kobe Bryant's sexual assault case just hours after he was killed in a helicopter accident. She has been reinstated after a two-day suspension.




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'He would have thought he was being clever': Friends deny presenter Alastair Stewart, 67, is racist

Alastair Stewart - who was the longest serving male newsreader in the country - has stepped down after a 44-year career in television, admitting he made a 'misjudgement which I regret'.




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Louis Tomlinson puts on a brave face as he meets fans after THAT BBC Breakfast interview

Louis Tomlinson soldiered on with his commitments on Monday afternoon following his uncomfortable appearance on BBC Breakfast.




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Louis Tomlinson offended by BBC Breakfast interview questions

Louis Tomlinson has refused to appear on BBC Breakfast ever again.




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Caroline Flack' ex Danny Cipriani reveals upset at star's death

Gloucester player Danny Cipriani, 32, dated Flack, 40, (together in April) for just eight weeks last year, with the ITV presenter ending their romance because she saw 'no long term future'.




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SARAH VINE: Social media 'tried and convicted' Caroline Flack

Sarah Vine: The death of Caroline Flack is truly a tragedy. A talented young woman who nevertheless felt so worthless and unloved, so scared and hopeless, she decided to take her own life.




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Coronavirus UK: Kids throw 18 stockpiled toilet rolls in the bath

The amusing incident was shared on Twitter by Ed Cumming, of Hampshire, who posted a photo of the soggy mess today. He wrote: 'My friend bought 18 loo rolls and her kids put them all in the bath.'




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Coronavirus: Vanessa Hudgens slammed for 'selfish' comments

The High School Musical actress, 31, took to Instagram Live on Monday to share her views on the spiraling pandemic. A clip from the video quickly went viral as fans seized on her cavalier comments.




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Vanessa Hudgens APOLOGISES for 'insensitive' coronavirus quarantine video

Vanessa Hudgens has apologised for her flippant Instagram video, in which she called the potential quarantine timeline 'a bunch of bull**t'.




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Chrissy Teigen DEFENDS Vanessa Hudgens after star's viral dismissal of coronavirus pandemic

The 34-year-old model took to Twitter to write about famous people having 'a dumb frickin' moment' and urged fans not to ruin their lives squarely based on that.




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Love Island's Rachel Fenton reveals she's tested positive for COVID-19

The 27-year-old, who works as an orthopaedic clinical nurse specialist, revealed that she took the test after losing the ability to taste and smell, while a cough and fever are listed as the main symptoms.




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Love Island's Rachel Fenton reveals her COVID-19 symptoms include sleep disturbance and flushed face

The Love Island star took to Instagram on Wednesday as she discussed losing her sense of taste and smell, and revealed she's also experienced sleep disturbance.




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Coronavirus US: James Woods tells Alyssa Milano 'buy more ammo'

Actor James Woods told actress Alyssa Milano to 'buy more ammo' after she urged people to stop stockpiling weapons as gun sales surge amid the COVID-19 outbreak




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Love Island's Rachel Fenton gives update on her coronavirus diagnosis

She previously revealed she had tested positive for the coronavirus after working on the NHS frontline. 




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Coronavirus US: Twitter mocks Donald Trump disinfectant claims

Trump brought up possible treatments including 'injecting' cleaning agents in the body and use of ultraviolet lights at Thursday's White House press briefing.




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Love Island's Rachel Fenton shares her joy as the NHS nurse returns to work after coronavirus

The 27-year-old Orthopaedic Clinical Nurse Specialist took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a photograph of herself in hospital, clad in her uniform and wearing PPE